Scholastic gets subpoena to identify spoiler
The LA Times is reporting that the US Harry Potter publisher obtained a subpoena to learn the identity of a user who allegedly posted copies of Deathly Hallows on a California website.Scholastic said in a court filing Monday that "materials hosted on Photobucket.com's system" contain materials that infringe copyrights owned by Scholastic and J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books. Photobucket.com, a News Corp. unit, is a website for sharing photos and videos on social networks such as MySpace.
The subpoena was sent to Gaia Interactive Inc. in San Jose seeking the identity of a user on gaiaonline.com, a social network, according to the filing in San Francisco federal court.
Gaia complied with the subpoena, removed the material and temporarily banned the user from the site, said Gaia spokesman Bill Danon.
Posted by Ciaran on Jul 17th |
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Maybe people shouldn't post spoilers, true...But people then have no right to turn around and complain if some spoilsport DOES post them given that there is an obvious, clear spoiler warning on the top of the page.
exactly im not routing for any group i WANT NOBODY to be complaining or posting spoilers....
I posted this earlier, but I got no response. JKR told us that the last word in the book was to be "scar"; however, the pictures that I have seen of the last word do NOT show it is "scar." Though, she may have changed it. Any thoughts?
geez. could someone tell me how to download the book you guys r talkin about, ive read one i just wanna see if its the same...it'll just make me feel better when i know they r both fake..lol
I knoe about it too my friend found out about it but from torrent u ppl knoe it she read the a few chapter but then stop i search it up and tadah there it is i didn't read any i sent the link to mugglenet so maybe they can do something to this!
no one post the link that will just be another excuse for people to post spoilers here.. darkgfrog if you want a spoiler find it on your own do a google search its not hard to find
GO STUPID! GO STUPID!!! what noobs seriously cant they freakin wait like a couple more days........blah blah blah an plus everybody says soooo much crap just to be cool and think they r like best friends with JK its like get over it man no one likes you i hate you more....DO IT!
NInjaKin: In a semi-recent interview, she divulged that the last word is, in fact, no longer "scar."
Darkfrog their real, they are zip files and the person who uploaded them has THE BOOK... he takes the picture of the cover NO PHOTOSHOP or EDITING!! and the person proceeds to open the book and take a picture of each page one by one till the end....... No way its fake.........
friend just finished reading 7th book, some of the spoilers are real.
darn!! So they're saying that it was Gaia!? Damnit! I have a Gaia and I SAW THAT in the Harry Potter forum section!!! I might cry now!! O.o
how come everyone has seen the photocopied pages but no one posts the link to it.
the question is DO you know how to get those pics??
darkfog** haha I called you darkgfrog bahah Im an idiot.. downloading the book off the internet is just as bad as posting the book online. stop supporting the guy.. its illegal anyway
thats disgusting i started reading this i nearly threw up!!!!!!!!!!!! i had to stop omggggg what cruel people would do this then again its still my fault for going on there and believing it i mean who even said its true!!! wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
its illegal to download it?
And yes, as Xceptional has said, they're real. Unless someone has spent since s/he finished reading HBP until now, putting this together (which, isn't entirely impossible given that some people have absoultely zero life, but still very unlikely), then it's real. I've only read a few chapters of it, but it's pretty good, and I've only yet to spot one spelling error (which, there's usually one or two in the early versions of the books, anyway. So, this really can't be used to say it's fake) and the illustrations at the beginning of each chapter still have the same look to them as the previous books. So, in order for this to be fake, someone would have had to spend an unreasonable amount of time making these photos look real, be quite skilled at writing, and also be quite skilled at drawing (not to mention making the styles look the same as before). So, really, saying that they're fake now, is a really ignorant thing to do.
it is weird how everyone else seems to know how to find these photo copies but i cant anywhere.
Duh its illegal. Its just like downloading music off of limewire(but everyone does) but anyway yea it is do you think jkr gave permission to this person to post her book? it is copyrighted so anyone who takes anything without jkr's permission soooo yea...
geez, everyone here read the thing except for me, could someone please post a link, and no its not illeagle to downloaded, its just illeagle to post it. belive me ive asked about this and i know my rights
what if the person is going to buy the book anyway? like how u buy the music so its okay to "own" it? But if someone downloads it theres no way that person is going to be in trouble with the law?
Yes, of course it would be illegal. Because of that, I don't want to post a direct link to it. But, let's just say, though, that it's not that difficult to find if you do some searches for it on google or a sharing file site.
ARGHHHHHHHHHHH.... its not illeagle, atleast tell me what to search for at google
how come people are obsessed with thinking they are going to get in trouble with posting a link but obviously they have downloaded it...so ...shouldn't be too scared
Hey Darkfog......... join this AIM chat room: HP7.... THIS IS NOT GUARANTEED TO BE SPOILER FREE SO ENTER IN UR OWN RISK HOWEVER I WILL BOOK THOSE WHO POST SPOILERS!!!
yeah and everybody makes burnt CDs and thats illegal......but we all still do it anyways. lol its not illegal to post a link thats hilarious.
Yes it is illegal darkfog. Xceptional if your worried about getting caught then don't. You most likely wont get caught.. actually I can promise Id bet my life on it haha you won't get caught lol... if that is what your worried about though... tons of people have already done it Ive downloaded thousands of songs on limewire in like 4 years and never got caught everyone I know downloads music illegaly they haven't got caught...
I'm not scared, nor do I think I'll get in trouble. It being illegal to download (and yes, it's illegal. I believe it works the same way with music. If you don't own the CD yet, you can't download songs from said CD online. It doesn't matter if you intend to buy it later. Until you own the book/CD, downloading a free copy is illegal) isn't the only reason I'm not going to post a direct link to it. I know there's some people out there who actually want to wait the remaining few days, but some of these people have absolutely zero will power when it comes to the book, so I wouldn't want to ruin that for them. Just go to a file sharing site and look up the name of the book. It's not difficult.
People who post spoilers of book 7 are sad, seriously get a life losers. incidentally, people may be pleased to know that the suposed 'epilogue' is a fake (a person who's read the book has told me). However the chapter names are real.
so you admit you illegally downloaded the book. yet now you have reformed and are not posting the link. hmmm hypocrite?
I think it is faked, there are some problems on the title page (though that is all I have seen). There appears to be slightly too bright white line around the whole page, and you cannot see the colored page that always comes before the list of other HP books.
the quality is horrible, the pages are slanted, and the resolution is horrible from what i've heard
Just because you've NOT been caught, doesn't mean you CAN'T get caught. That's a very naive attitude to take. I've not been caught, yet I know people who have. Grow up. It might not be illegal to post the link, but downloading it is most definately illegal.
WOULD SOMEONE THAT HAS READ IT POST A LINK...i cant wait for the book im seriously going mad
GodricsHollow5 - I believe if I were a hypocrite, I would be telling people NOT to download it after I had already done so. Please learn the proper definition of words before you start tossing the insults. Also, if you'd read anything I posted, you'd know that I don't want to ruin the wait for people who don't want to read the book in advance (and yes, there are some people who don't want to). Because of the fact that some of these people cannot control themselves when a link is posted, and go to it, I'm no going to post a direct link. I'll say it again: I don't want to ruin it for the people who don't have the willpower to stop themselves from clicking links concerning the books. -- I've given you the directions to find it. If you're still unable to, then I don't know what to tell you. It's really not difficult.
lalalallalalalalal i love harry potter!!! i dont care about spoilers anyways because all that matters is what it says in the book when im reading it..so whatev. spoilers r spoilers. and plus ok somebody could be like on mugglenet and be like and i think rons gonna die or i think so and so is gonna kill harry but that doesnt mean its true just because somebody says SPOILERS!!!! and all this crao everybody freaks out. but if somebody was discussing what they were think was gonna happen they it would be ok.
tachyon - if you think anyones going to get sued over downloading harry potter 3 days early, you're delusional. If anything they'll go after the distributer, whom they obviously have not caught yet. Its the same thing with movies and music. If you think Schoolastic can do something that the RIAA and MPAA has been trying to do in four years ... well then i have nothing to say to you do i?
Well, that's good seeing as BELLATRIX KILLS RON, NEVILLE KILLS BELLA, VOLDY KILLS SNAPE, PERCY AND LUPIN DIE, HARRY KILLS VOLDEMORT!
oh my God. I am a college graduate. What are you like 12? Seriously...and what makes you a person's life coach-- to help people who have no will power? Such a saint...
thats amazing.................. .....and harry kills hermonie duh.
Ahahahaha! I figured it out. The guy printed out the front-back cover version of DH and then taped it on a different book. Notice that the edges are showing on the 4th and 5th pictures. Note that if it was a cover jacket, it would only extend one inch or so from the edge while this fake jacket almost extends to the binding. Also, what's up with the back edge. Why is it gray? The book on which the fake cover is put on is Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Jo and Scholastic found that out and sued whoever posted them on some webpage. After using the magnifier glass,you can clearly see that the back of the front cover is actually the DH front cover where Harry is reaching for the sky. The spoiler guy used PS or Sorcerer's Stone (if you prefer) because it has approximately the same tones. In conclusion,this is FAKE. Bravo,spoiler guy but next time,don't use tape. And yes, the website is still up with the spoilers that (I think) you are talking about. Check yahoo news.
Spown... That's ONE "copy" of the book. There are others... Other REAL ones. You'll see. You'll all see! BELLATRIX KILLS RON, NEVILLE KILLS BELLA, VOLDY KILLS SNAPE, PERCY AND LUPIN DIE, HARRY KILLS VOLDEMORT! BELLATRIX KILLS RON, NEVILLE KILLS BELLA, VOLDY KILLS SNAPE, PERCY AND LUPIN DIE, HARRY KILLS VOLDEMORT! BELLATRIX KILLS RON, NEVILLE KILLS BELLA, VOLDY KILLS SNAPE, PERCY AND LUPIN DIE, HARRY KILLS VOLDEMORT! BELLATRIX KILLS RON, NEVILLE KILLS BELLA, VOLDY KILLS SNAPE, PERCY AND LUPIN DIE, HARRY KILLS VOLDEMORT! BELLATRIX KILLS RON, NEVILLE KILLS BELLA, VOLDY KILLS SNAPE, PERCY AND LUPIN DIE, HARRY KILLS VOLDEMORT!
god darn, i did download the thing, and reading the first few lines, GOD darn THAT IS SOOOOOO FAKE
Oh, yes, the age insults. Quite the original and witty one, you are. If you're unable to go to a file sharing site and do a search for "deathly hallows," then I'm going to have to question whether or not you're actually a college graduate, because I'm sure even a first grader (here's where you can call me a hypocrite. Using a form of an age insult after I've just ridiculed you for using one) posesses the skills do to such a thing.-- Also, I've read the posts following people who have posted links to the scans, and the majority of them are always the same thing ("blah blah blah, why did i click the link, blah blah blah, i just ruined it for myself). I don't exactly like being the cause of that.
lol niice!!!! that person is such a idiot.......i never went on that site i dont plan to good that evil person got caught.
Even if it is "one" copy, why is it so poorly done? If it was the original DH, shouldn't it have it's own cover? Not a printed-out-of-mugglenet- cover-taped-on-another-bo ok? BTW, the youtube video can be found at http://www.youtube.com/wa tch?v=93SxlnduXuw#x608EW4 ePXU If you don't like spoilers, DON'T GO THERE!
wth, what i downloaded is like, on notepad. ummm someone that actually knows someone that has the book, is the last word death?
yeah so do you guys really think harrys gonna die?? i dont i have my heart set on that fer sure.
darkfrog -- If you're using limewire, I'm pretty sure that there's some weird notepad thing out there concerning HP7. What you need to do, is go to an actual file sharing site (like piratebay.org, or there's others) and download it off of there. Those files are to be opened with any image-viewing program, and not something like Word. If the file is a zip, then you'll need to unzip it of course. If you don't have a program to do that, there's some off the web you can download for free (or a free trial) if you just do a google search for such a thing. I believe one is Winzip. They've got a 30 day trial, if I remember correctly.
The lost word on the scanned book is not "death." That much I know. I doubt that the notepad version is real. If you had the book, why wouldn't you take pictures of it?
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